For all three of you that read this, I’m still alive, It’s OK.
Things have been busy with work, my new diet/ workout plan, sleeping from the lack of caffeine… you get the idea.
I hope everyone had a great holiday season, mine went really well (except for working on both holidays, but oh well).
I promised a list of my resolutions, so here it goes:
- Lose weight -
- Listen more -
- Be more sociable -
- Make one photograph for myself everyday -
- Finish growing up and prepare for a family -
- Learn some basic sign language -
- Finish updating my site
I don’t have any set amount I want to lose, I just want to feel healthy and not look like Ariel Sharon. On the morning of Jan. 1, I weighed 257 pounds. As long as I feel healthy and don’t weigh more than that on Dec. 31, I’ll be happy. I just know that at the rate I was gaining weight, I was going to have a heart attack and wouldn’t have to worry about resolution five and everything that comes with that.
If you know me, you know I have ADD, and that it runs wild on some days. I really, really try to pay attention to you, I just can’t. I’m going to try to stop that. Maybe get back on my meds? I’m going to do it no matter what it takes…
I think the photographer in me makes me bitter at life sometimes, but I want to change that. I started doing this towards the ened of 2005, but then everyone went home. Hopefully I can start right back up when everyone returns. This also includes my family, I often put them on the back burner, and that’s not fair to them, so I’m going to make a point to go home to visit more.
I used to do this all the time when I was shooting assignments everyday. Heck, one of the groups I belong to is built around taking “aphotoaday“. I’ve realized that just because I’m not shooting for the paper everyday doesn’t mean I can’t shoot something for myself… I’ll probably end up making a separate photoblog soon. We’ll see.
Maybe Mal was right. Maybe my clock is ticking… part of me is scared to grow up and face marriage and a family, but it’s all I can think about anymore. I want nothing more than to get married (probably to Mal) and have kids. For the past 24 years I have been annoyed by kids, but now it’s all I seem to notice when we go out places. “Mal, did you see that little boy… he’s so cute.” I’m not planning on doing all of this in 2006, but I want to at least get the ball rolling.
I don’t want to learn the entire thing (at least not now), but I would like to know some basic phrases. Just enough to carry out a short conversation would be handy to know.
I don’t ever want it to be done, but I should probably have something more than “blah blah blah… about me…’ on my about page. I also need to get some better photos of myself than the creepy ones I have floating around now.
OK, now for an update since I haven’t posted for almost a week.
Work has been frustrating. Apparently my desk is the least important in the newsroom, because everyone else’s stuff keeps ending up on it. First a pile of press releases, then a wire basket full of the press releases, next came a pile of letters to the editor, finally last week a giant microfilm machine was taking up more than half of my desk. I ended up getting so frustrated that I cleaned out then entire darkroom. I don’t think that’s been done for at least five years. I’ve also put in 96 hours on this two-week time period, and I still have three more days to put on it. I can’t wait for my next check!
The “aphotoaday” group made a ‘Best of 2005‘ presentation… it’s a pretty powerful thing to see the vision of hundreds of photographers across the country in one slideshow. Go check it out if you have a few extra minutes. (personal plug… my photo is at the 1:54 mark)
My diet is going well, the first couple of days I was really hungry. I wasn’t used to eating meals that were only one serving. Now I’m feeling better and have eaten things this week I used to shun (peanut butter, cream cheese, water, oatmeal, V8). If I can get myself used to this, it won’t be bad at all.
I miss Mal. Too bad classes start up when she comes back.
Mal and I hung out at Juli’s for New Year’s. It was a good time, even if we are turning into old people. We were about ready for bed a little after midnight. We had fun taking random pictures of each other and messing with Priscilla, Juli’s crazy lizard. I’ll post pictures tomorrow from work. (I know Mal, I was supposed to do it Sunday… things have been busy)
I actually wanted to watch a football game on TV. Even worse, I listened to it on the radio at the same time. I’m turning into my Grandpa!
That’s about all I can think of… I have to go make my meals for tomorrow now. Anyone want a smoothie?
Now playing:“Keep It Loose, Keep It Tight”
Amos Lee
Amos Lee
